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THE CHOTA, A PROMISING NEW AVOCADO OF THE MEXICAN RACE. 
(Persea americana Mill., S. P. I. No. 54272.) 
Avocado growers in California and Florida arc coming more and more to realize the impor- 
tance of planting the hardiest varieties obtainable, since the damage done to avocado 
orchards by frost in both States is often serious. The Mexican avocados are the hardiest 
'known, but usually they do not have good commercial characteristics. While searching 
for desirable sorts in Ecuador, a hitherto unknown avocado region, the Chota Valley 
was discovered, and from it several very promising varieties of the Mexican race were 
obtained. The one shown above, which has been named the Chota, is a fruit of good 
size and attractive appearance, with abundant flesh of very rich flavor. (Photographed, 
natural size, by Wilson Popenoe, Ibarra, Ecuador, February 19, 1921; P1S424FS.) 
